Improvemenf in devices for holding and delivering coin



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No. 25,3 43. Patented June 25,1878.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. BLISS, OF ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA.

IMPROVEMENI IN DEVICES FOR HOLDING AND DELIVERING COIN.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 205,343, dated June:25, 1878; application filed April 19, 187e.

To all whom t may concern.: i Be it known that I, CHARLES H. BLISS, of

Rochester, in the State of Minnesota, have invented an Improvement inCoin-Holders, of which the following is a specification:

The object of this invention is to facilitate the making of change, andto allow for the coins being secured within holders adapted to thedifferent values.

I provide a series of coin-holders, eachV in a tubular form, of a sizeadapted to receive the particular coin in a pille, and thesecoin-holders are, either in a vertical, inclined, or horizontalposition, arranged around a funnelmouth, and to each coin-holding tubethere is a slide operated by a push-button that is located by preferenceabove the holder. By pressing upon one of thesebuttons the bottom coinin the pile is moved out laterally and falls into the funnel-mouth andpasses to the hand that is placed beneath such mouth. The slide isslightly thinner than the coin that is to be moved by it, and thepush-button is marked with the denomination of the coin with which it isemployed.

In the drawing, Figure l is a vertical sec tion of the holder. Fig. 2 isa plan of the same, partially in section.

The coin-tubes a b c d c are of various diameters, adapted to theparticular coins, such as five-cent pieces, dimes, quarterdollars, Snc.,and there may be any' desired number of these tubes, according to thecapacity of the coin-holder, and each tube should be provided with alongitudinal slot that allows the coins to be examined or adjusted incases where any may be misplaced as the pile of coin is dropped into thetube.

The coin-tubes are supported by a bed-plate, d', and there is a stop atthe end of each tube, and a suiiicient space between the stop and 'theend of the tube for the bottom or end coin of each pile to be pushed outlaterally, and to each coin-tube there is a horizontal slide, f, ofslightly less thickness than the coin, and said slide is moved by theaction of the pushbutton g, and it carries the end coin from the pilewhen the push-button is operated. The spring 7c serves to raise thepush-button and restore the parts to their normal position.

The bent levers h are employed with the horizontal slides.

These coin-holding tubes may be placed vertically, as shown, or it maybe at an inclination, the slides acting horizontally, or the cointubesmight be horizontal with a spring to force the pile-toward the stop. Inthis case the slide will be vertical. I, however, prefer the tubeseither vertical or at an inclination.

Fig. 3 illustrates the inclined coin-holding tubes, and represents themanner in which the slides may be placed vertically to detach the lowestcoin in the inclined pile.

If the slide is to be operated horizontally the tubes will terminate asshown by dotted lines. In either instance the coins can be poured intothe funnel end of the tube, and Will arrange themselves eithervertically or horizontally, according to the stop at the end of thetube.

The coin-holding tubes are arranged semicircularly, or nearly so, bypreference, in order that the coins may be delivered toward a commoncenter, at which there is a funnel or crescent shaped mouth. l, with acentral delector, m, so that the coins are discharged by theirrespective push-buttons and slides, and fall through the mouth l intothe persons hand placed beneath the mouth.

It will be apparent that the coins are kept in their proper position,and that the computation of change is greatly facilitated by thisinstrument, and risk of errors is lessened.

A' suitable inclosing case, m', should be provided, having a movablefront, n, that can be opened r closed to give access to, or to shut in,the coin-holding tubes. i

I am aware that vertical slotted cylin'l ders have been used for holdingcoin, and that slides have been provided for delivering the bottom coinin either tube. By my arrangement of slides and delivery-funnel I amenabled to place numerous coin-holders in an arc of a circle around thefunnel, and deliver the coins in the line of the radius of the are, ornearly so, which greatly facilitates the reception of the coins at onepoint in the hand.

I claim as my inventionl. The range of coin-holding tubes -in the are ofa circle, or nearly so, in combination with a funnel-shaped mouth forreceiving the levers h and springs 7c, arranged and opercoins from anyof the holding-tubes and discharging the same at one place,substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, With the coin-holding tubes, of Jshe horizontalslides f, acting to push the coin out from Jche pi1e,the push-buttons gand their vertical rods, and the bent ating substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 5th day of April, A. D.

CHARLES H. BLISS. Vituesses:

T. H. BLIss, J oHN T.LA DU.

